Issue No. 5 Editors: Barry Rigal & Peter Gill – Layout Editor: Akis Kanaris Friday, 7 July 2006 White Knuckles on White-Water A White-Wash by Patrick Jourdain

Attached to this bulletin is the voting form for the WBF Youth Award. Please complete it and return to one of the camp organizers.

Team Sports Team sports will take place this afternoon at 14:30. Squads should be of 6-8 players, from at least four differ- ent nationalities. Activities will include Beach Volleyball, Mini-soccer, Basketball and swimming. Thomas Schoenfeldt will be organizing, so please speak to him if you need help in putting your team together.

Those of you who thought the rafters would have a quiet TUESDAY time compared with the skiers were wrong. "What's its going to be like?" asked one of the girls. "Have you seen The River Departure times, i.e. exact time and location from which Wild?", I said. "Don't mention Deliverance, you'll worry us all," your flight or train leaves, MUST be advised on the notice- said one of the Americans. by TODAY (Friday) at 6pm. Seven boats with five in each set out. I think they all sur- vived.We had been warned not to take mobile phones on the raft, but no-one suggested leaving the packed lunches, towels, OUTING ON SATURDAY money etc. on the bus. The steering incompetence was hilarious. A boat has mo- If you want to go on Saturday's Bratislava outing which mentum, and once it starts swinging it will continue to swing. leaves at 8-45am and returns in time for dinner,you MUST Unaware of this several were overcorrecting every time a sign up on the list on the notice-board. There is a maxi- strong current came, and spent as much time going back- mum of 90 people.A hotel lunch will be provided for those wards as forwards with the downriver flow. not going, who have free time for unorganised activities Then the first white-water appeared. It only lasted a few such as football, going to Piestany spas or visiting the lake. tens of metres, but five of the seven boats did not make it up- right, and quickly turned over and sank. Packed lunches, water bottles, anything loose, went careering down river. Everyone had to struggle to the bank to lift and turn the rafts to empty Schedule for Today them of water. continued on page 7 08:30 – 09:45 Breakfast 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Teams Tournament 13:15 – 14:15 Lecture 14:30 Team Sports The Teams Tournament on Friday and Saturday evening is 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner a two session event. Your team can have four, five or six 20:00 Teams Tournament Part I team members, but at most two can come from the same 23:30 Snack country. 7th WORLD JUNIOR BRIDGE CAMP Piestany, Slovakia

Lecture Two – Psychology & Behaviour by Patrick Jourdain

Do not Copy Your Elders, do Better! Behaviour: (Scores to be decided by your opponents) Plus points:As dummy you give a plausible reason for declar- 1. For your opponents er's losing line. (Other than that he is an idiot! Editor) Always greet them. Do not gloat over or patronise their er- In defence you give a good reason how a different play by rors.Always start with the assumption that they are ethical. If you could have avoided the mistake made by partner. you have to call the TD, give advance warning: "We had bet- In bidding, when your side has reached the wrong contract, ter call the Director…." Do not claim redress merely be- cause you hope to get the benefit of the doubt.Try to avoid if you can suggest a different bid by yourself which your op- discussions that exclude opponents. If you lose a match con- ponents agree would have been better than the one you ac- gratulate them.At the prize-giving,APPLAUD. tually made. Minus points: If you remove the cards from the first board of 2. For officials a round without having said hello to the opponents. If you Listen to instructions. Do your administrative duties consci- argue with either side, or the Director. entiously. Accept rulings gracefully which are not in your Hands for Lecture 2 favour. Be less inclined to appeal where an adjustment is not made in your favour, than when it has been made against you. Hand 1 Play to a reasonable speed. [ 8 6 2 3. For partner ] A Q 9 How can critical remarks help the partnership? Most argu- { A J 5 2 ments are defensive. Never use sarcasm or humiliation. Sym- } A K 4 pathise with mechanical error.When dummy, start from the [ K Q 10 9 7 4 3 N [5 assumption that declarer had a reason for choosing the los- ] 8 5 ] 7 6 4 3 2 ing line. In defence remember that partner's mistakes could W E often have been avoided with your help. In bidding, when dis- { Q 7 { 9 3 agreeing about the meaning of a bid, remember: } 10 8S } J 9 6 5 2 (a) lack of prior agreement is a joint fault; [A J (b) many arguments can be avoided by referring to a ] K J 10 written agreement; { K 10 8 6 4 (c) the system should not be changed at the table; } Q 7 3 (d) if an undefined bid is clarified at once (in case it aris- es again before the end of play), say: "For the moment, shall The bidding: we…?" Neither player must treat this as settling who was South West North East right or wrong. An occasional "Well done" does no harm! 1{ 2[ 3[ Pass 3NT Pass 6NT All pass 4. For yourself : Spade king. South must the first spade in Forget the past, only the current deal matters. Elation and depression are both dangerous. Prepare for important events: order to get more of a count on the hand, and finds West has learn what makes you play well or badly: seven.Then South tests clubs and hearts.West has two cards Usually bad: alcohol, over-eating, travel, watching TV, even in each suit and must have two diamonds. So the {Q must reading newspapers, too much sun. But above all TIREDNESS drop. & WORRY. Hand 2 Dealer: South Usually good: physical fitness, confidence in and a liking for partner, knowledge of the system. [8 7 ] A 6 4 Exercise { Q J 10 9 5 During the duplicate: Memory: Look at and memorise your cards before bidding } A Q 3 then return them to the slot. Bid without seeing your cards. [ Q 10 9 5 2N [ J 6 3 When play starts dummy goes face upwards, but the other ] K 5 3 ] J 7 2 W E three players must name the card they are to play: number { A 6 { K 8 3 and suit. Dummy checks to see whether the player holds that } 10 6 2S } 8 7 5 4 card. If he does, he plays it and scores 1 point, if he does not [ A K 4 have the card, he loses one point and must state again what card he is to play.After losing two points, dummy makes him ] Q 10 9 8 play the closest card that he has (e.g. if he says [6, then [7 { 7 4 2 but only has [5 he loses two points and plays [5). } K J 9

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West leads a spade against South's 3NT,reached after South has shown 12-14 balanced. South wins the second spade (in 3rd Pairs Tournament case spades are 6-2 with the diamond honours split, when ducking will exhaust East of his spades) and should the sneak- by Peter Gill ily cross to dummy with }Q in order to lead the {Q, as if fi- It's always a thrill to make a doubled contract against a nessing. A smart East will still rise with the king to protect World Champion, especially when you are 14 year old partner's , after all, if declarer has {A you won't set the Nabil Edgtton, the second youngest participant at the hand, will you? Did anyone find this at the table? Camp. Nabil is on his second overseas trip, the previous Hand 3 one being to the New Zealand Nationals last year as a member of the Australian Colts Bridge Team. [8 7 ] Q 10 9 7 Board 10. Dealer East All Vul. { Q J 8 3 2 [ 7 4 3 } 10 3 ] 10 8 7 4 3 [ A Q 4 3N [ K 6 5 2 { K J 6 ] A K 5 3 2 ] 4 }K 2 W E { 6 { A K 9 5 4 [ K 9 6N [ Q J } K 9 4S } Q 6 5 ] J 9 6 ] A K Q 5 2 W E [ J 10 9 { 10 7 4 2 { Q 5 ] J 8 6 } J 8 6S } A 10 4 3 { 10 7 [ A 10 8 5 2 } A J 8 7 2 ]– The bidding is up to you, but a possible sequence might be { A 9 5 3 1{-1]-1[-4{ (splinter, even in partner's suit!) etc. to 6[. } Q 9 7 5 South leads a and declarer must play to set up hearts not diamonds because of the entry position. The best se- West North East South quence involves winning [K, and playing ]A a heart, club Houlberg Bilde Grue Edgtton towards the }K. As the cards lie, South can do nothing, but 1] 1[ even if the }K loses to the }A and a club comes back you 2] 2[ 3} 3[ cash {AK pitching a club, then play a second trump, ruff a Pass Pass Dble All Pass heart, and ruff a to dummy to draw the last trump. West led ]6 to the queen, ruffed. Edgtton played }5 to the king and ace, Grue switching correctly to [Q which Edgtton won with the ace.After cashing }Q and ruffing a DAILY TRIVIA club, Edgtton ruffed another heart.A diamond to the king allowed another heart ruff.This unusual technique of mak- Who was Life Master #1 in the USA? ing one's trump tricks by deliberately shortening the trumps in the long trump hand was called Elopement in BRIDGE PERCENTAGES Kelsey and Ottlik's classic book 'Adventures in Card Play'. Edgtton played his last club, ruffed by West's [9. West How should you play these combinations for four drew the last trumps with the king, but had been reduced tricks to best effect? to leading diamonds, to declarer's benefit. 3[X was cold now, and when West chose to exit with {10, Nabil Edgt- a) AJ43 ton made an overtrick for plus 930. facing On Board 14, many declarers in 3NT had to play a dia- K1092 mond suit of 109543 opposite AQ876 in dummy.The best play is not to play a low diamond to the queen. Nor is it b) AJ43 to cash {A. facing The best play is to lead {10, tempting the defender to K1082 cover from K J 2. If the defender plays the two, you the queen. One declarer scored plus 720 when he led {10 c) AJ43 and it was covered by the jack, a reflex covering of an ho- facing nour which is cost-free for declarer to play for. K952 (Andrew Sinclair ducked smoothly in precisely this posi- (Bonus question: How do you play this last suit for tion and was rewarded against Sofia Ryman as declarer, three tricks?) when she rose with the {Q, exactly as Peter Gill would have predicted)

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Death of a Legend

Dorothy Truscott,perhaps the most successful woman play- partner. She was a real student of the game. She was open to er ever,died yesterday after a long battle with Parkinson's dis- new ideas and she used them." ease, at the age of 80. She had been married to Among the new ideas attributed to Truscott are an unusual (perhaps the world's most famous journal- jump to show a singleton or along ist, as correspondent of the New York with support for partner's suit (a splinter Times for over 40 years) till his death last bid) and responses to Blackwood after in- year. terference (DOPI). When she entered the Hall of Fame in the Truscott also received credit as the author USA, the ACBL produced this biography of of two bridge books which are considered her, from which we quote. classics: Bid Better, Play Better and Winning As a five-year-old kibitzing the family Declarer Play. She maintains now, however, bridge game, that there are "too many bridge books never dreamed that bridge would lead her around. I'm writing no more bridge books." to world travel, four international champi- Instead, in the last years of her life till onships and election to the ACBL Bridge forced to give up the game through ill- Hall of Fame. health she concentrated on the three For Truscott,bridge was a life-long love af- NABCs plus teaching "a little bit of bridge" fair. "I can't remember when I didn't know and working with husband Alan."Bridge has the game," she says. "My parents played been very good to me," she said. "Bridge is bridge and when I was little, there were al- challenging, it keeps my mind stimulated ways bridge games going." Truscott was and it also puts me in contact with people." permitted to kibitz "if I would stay very quiet." On a personal note, I was privileged to know Dorothy only She played her first bridge hand at about age seven.A guest in the last decade of her life, when slowed down somewhat was late, "so I was allowed to play for one hour. From then by her health. But she was still as mentally alert, genial, and un- on, I was hooked. I couldn't wait for the next guest to be late." failingly kind as any one I have ever known. Our results in Truscott became one of the world's leading players and the partnership and on the same teams were always rather bet- only person who has competed in all four forms of major ter than the sum of our parts would have suggested.As indi- world championship competition. cated above, it was part of what she brought to the game to She has won the three times and the World make her partners play well. Dorothy will be much missed. Olympiad Women's Teams (one of her teammates was Mary Jane Farell, also a 1998 inductee into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame). Answer to the Daily Trivia Truscott placed second in the 1965 - the only American woman other than Helen Sobel Smith till Rose DAVID BRUCE/BURNSTINE Meltzer to represent ACBL in world open team competition - and third in the Open Pairs at the 1966 World Champi- onships in Amsterdam, the highest finish ever by a woman in Answers to the Bridge Percentages open competition. a) This combination is a straight guess. You can in- She won more than 30 NABC titles - nine with Emma Jean crease your chances fractionally over a straight 50% Hawes, three with B. Jay Becker, three with her husband Alan, guess by tackling the suit by leading the 10 initially, in- three with Gail Greenberg and the remainder with "nine or tending to play the ace from dummy if nothing happens. 10 various partners." Some of the time West will cover or betray possession She won her first two NABC titles - the Mixed Pairs with of the queen. John Crawford and the Women's Pairs with Betty Goldberg, both in 1959 - before she became a Life Master. In fact, "I had b) You cannot guard against Q9xx in the West hand.So never played a session of bridge with either one of them." protect against the 4-1 splits by leading to the ace, then Truscott described herself as a good partner. "I'm adaptable. running the jack.This makes whenever the queen is with I'm pleasant to play with and I'm lucky. Luck is a very big part. East, even in a four-card suit. When you win any event, you have to be lucky. I must say I've been very lucky with partners." c) If you need four tricks lead low to the jack initially. She remembered a passed-out board from years ago. "We this picks up singleton queen with West -whereas leading got 25 out of 25.When that happens, you know you're lucky." the king initially results in a loser Truscott was lucky, conceded former world champion and For three tricks cash the ace then lead towards your former teammate Betty Ann Kennedy, but she was also "a hand, putting in the nine if East follows small. tenacious competitor and a very supportive teammate and

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Hamilton 1997 – World Junior Teams

Hamilton, Ontario, was the site of the 1997 World Junior Morten passed the first test when he led the eight of hearts Teams.For the first time ever, the event became a truly glob- rather than a diamond, and South took it in dummy and tried al affair, as the number of participating teams went up to 18, the ace of diamonds, then the queen of diamonds. Naturally with representation from all the WBF zones. Europe provid- Morten ducked this, his second good play, and when the bad ed four of the teams, and showed themselves to be very much split was revealed South played the ten of clubs. Morten made the dominating influence at this tournament. 3 of the 4 teams his third fine play by ducking this trick, and winning the next made it through to the semi-finals, and the final was an all club cheaply to press on with hearts. Now South led his spade Scandinavian event, as Denmark took on, and eventually dis- towards the ace-queen. Morten contributed the jack, and dis- posed of, Norway. Russia beat Canada for the bronze medals, carded the king of spades under the ace. If he had not made with Canada being the bridesmaid rather than the bride in this play he would have been thrown in with a spade to con- fourth place, for the second championships in a row. What cede the ninth trick, but as it was he had a small spade left was interesting to me was the equalization of standards that with which to get off play and the defence had five winners to seemed apparent at these events.Although a couple of teams take. who were competing for the first time were still in need of For the Norwegian runners up Boye Brogeland and Oyvind further experience, it was generally true that there were no Saur have represented their country at open level, and Bro- easy matches in the tournament. geland was on his way to the Bermuda Bowl later that year. One other surprise was the remarkably poor showing of the His partner Saur is prone to flashes of brilliance, which the USA teams. For the third championships in a row the USA did Norwegians refer to as Saur Power. not make it through to the finals, and indeed in the last two Dealer East. N/S Vul. championships both USA teams have failed to make it past the qualifying stage. Since the individual members of both [ A J 3 teams were clearly competent, and had recorded a series of ] Q 10 9 7 good results at open level, how can one explain the poor {A 3 showing as a team? It is hard to do so. } Q 7 4 2 There were several outstanding plays during the tourna- [ 9 5 2N [ Q 10 8 4 ment, but it is hard to imagine a more sustained display of vir- ] A 5 ] 6 2 tuosity than the following performance by Morten Madsen of W E the Danish juniors, who deservedly won the award for the { K 10 9 6 5 4 { J 8 2 S best defended hand of the tournament, and indeed perhaps } K 9 } J 10 6 3 made the shortlist for the defence of the year. [ K 7 6 ] K J 8 4 3 Dealer North. N/S Vul. {Q 7 [ A Q 7 6 5 } A 8 5 ] A K 4 West North East South { A Q 6 Sutherland Brogeland Roberts Saur } 10 6 1] [ K J 4N [ 10 9 8 3 2{ 3{ Pass 3] ] 8 7 6 ] J 10 9 5 W E Pass 4] All Pass { K 10 6 2 { 7 Four Hearts is a reasonable contract, reached by all four ta- S } A Q 3 } 8 7 4 2 bles in the semi-finals of the World Junior Teams. Since this [2 was a junior event, it is hardly to be wondered at that three ] Q 3 2 of the four tables led the king of clubs rather than the mun- { J 9 8 5 4 dane small spade which beat the contract out of hand at the } K J 9 5 fourth table! Nonetheless at two of the three tables where the top club was led, the contract went down; at the fourth West North East South table Saur showed how it should be done, against Canada. He Morten Madsen Lars Madsen took the ace of clubs, and drew two rounds of trumps.West 1[ Pass 1NT took his ace and played a second club, and Saur took it in dummy and played the ace of diamonds, then a diamond to Pass 2NT Pass 3NT the queen and king.West won, and exited with a spade, and All Pass Saur took the king, then ran all his trumps. In the three card North-South were playing a five-card major system with a ending East could not come down to two spades and a club forcing no-trump response, so North showed 18-19 points at or he would be endplayed with the club to lead into the spade his second turn, allowing South to bid game. tenace. He smoothly bared the queen of spades early, then

5 7th WORLD JUNIOR BRIDGE CAMP Piestany, Slovakia pitched a club, hanging on to his third diamond, but Saur trump to the ace brought the bad news, and now Roberts dropped the queen of spades nonetheless, and made his con- cashed four rounds of hearts discarding three diamonds from tract. hand, then played a trump towards dummy.West had to split Mike Roberts was the unlucky defender in the above hand, his honours, and Roberts took the king, then exited with a di- but as the following hand will demonstrate, he had his mo- amond. Iin the three card ending.West was forced to ruff his ments of good fortune. Indeed when this hand appeared in partner's winner,and lead a trump into declarer's queen-nine, the Daily Bulletin it was printed under the heading Rueful to concede the last two tricks! Roberts, remarking on the similarity that his play had exhibit- There is much controversy as to the meaning of a double of ed to that of the Rueful Rabbit. a slam by a hand that has previously entered the auction with an earlier double. On the hand that follows from the semi-fi- Dealer South. Non Vul. nals of the World Junior teams between Denmark and Russia, [ A K 8 this issue turned out to decide the match. Denmark won by ] A K Q 10 4 IMPs, but Russia converted a gain of 13IMPs into a loss of { J 6 3 14IMPs by failing to agree on this point. } 9 8 3 Dealer West. Both Vul. [ J 10 6 5 3N [ – [ J 10 7 6 5 ] 9 7 6 3 ] 8 5 4 2 W E ] 10 8 5 3 2 { 4 2 { K 10 8 {– S } J 10 } A K 7 5 4 2 } K Q 5 [ Q 9 7 4 2 [ 9 8 3 2N [ A Q ]J ]J 6 ]7 W E { A Q 9 7 5 { 7 4 3 2 { K J 10 8 }Q 6 } 10 3 2S } A J 9 7 6 4 West North East South [K 4 Nohr Sutherland Kristansen Roberts ] A K Q 9 4 1[ { A Q 9 6 5 Pass 2] Pass 2[ }8 Pass 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass West North East South Morten Lars Both tables in the Canada-Denmark match reached Four Khokhlov Madsen Sazonov Madsen Spades, and both Wests accurately started the defence off on Pass Pass 1{ 1] the right foot by leading clubs. East took the first two tricks and pressed on with a third round of clubs. The Danish de- Pass 4] Pass 4NT clarer discarded a diamond, which ensured the contract un- Pass 5{ Pass 5] less West was about to ruff while holding all five spades (or Pass 6] Dble All Pass an unlikely singleton spade) and thus went quietly one down. When Russia were sitting North-South they stopped in Five However Mike Roberts had forgotten that dummy's nine of Hearts, but at the other table the auction gathered greater clubs was high. He ruffed in with the seven of spades and pace after East opened One Diamond, playing a strong club Mikkel Nohr off-handedly discarded the four of diamonds. A system. Blackwood discovered the two aces missing, but Morten Madsen decided that his diamond void was working overtime, and raised to slam over his partner's sign-off. Sazonov doubled, either on general principles, or to say that he did not want a diamond lead, but Khokhlov was not on the same wavelength. He led a diamond, and now Lars Madsen played for his only chance to come home. He pitched a club from table at the first trick, ruffed a diamond, and came back to hand in trumps, then ruffed another diamond, drew the last trump, and threw both of dummy's remaining clubs away when diamonds split 4-4. Now he ruffed a club in dummy, played a spade, and claimed his contract when the ace ap- peared. The Russian team which lost the semi-final of the World Ju- nior Teams featured one of the strongest pairs ever to play in a Junior event.At the open level Petrounine and Khiouppenen are ranked first and sixth in their country's national ranking list, and they played at a very high level throughout the event. The defence that follows was typical of the high level of their Morten Madsen, Denmark card play.

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Dealer West. Both Vul. ...continued from front page [ K 9 6 ]9 4 There was an instructor in the first and last raft. I was on the last and when we re-started we found one disconso- { A Q 9 3 2 late rafter sitting on the bank, with no paddle, and the rest } J 10 2 of his crew hurtling down stream unable to stop.We res- [ 10 8 2N [ 4 3 cued him and his paddle a hundred metres ahead, and car- ] Q 10 8 7 2 ] A 5 3 ried him until the quieter water allowed him to rejoin his W E { K 7 5 { J 10 4 crew, who had at last controlled their raft. } 6 3S } K Q 9 7 4 There was one more white water section to traverse. "I'm walking past it," insisted one rafter, and that was [ A Q J 7 5 arranged. From then on, there was less excitement, but ] K J 6 plenty of hard work, interspersed with idyllic floating {8 6 down stream on a beautiful summer's day, passing swim- } A 8 5 mers, nudists, campers. "I need another cigarette," complained a weary Andrea West North East South Pagani. "Row, row" I cried as we neared the bank on his Wolpert Petrounine Pollack Khiouppenen side. Pass Pass 2} 2[ So, it was a tired but happy group that after three hours Pass 3} Pass 4[ and many kilometres arrived at the waterside café where All Pass the bus was waiting for us to reload the boats. Some lunch, a couple of beers and the bus was on its way.The group Petrounine's Two Clubs opening bid showed a limited hand compared their sunburnt knees, then fell asleep until the with long clubs, and North-South brushed it aside to reach hotel appeared. game.After that opening bid it was always going to be nearly "Did you enjoy it?" I asked the Hungarian on our crew. impossible to reach Three No-trumps from the North seat, "I am sorry we did not sink" was his only disappointment. and South became declarer in Four Spades. Petrounine led the six of clubs, which went to the ten and queen. Wolpert had to win for fear of the impending club ruff if the suit was 6-1, and hadwas compelled to draw three rounds of trumps This Week's Activities now.When he led the eight of diamonds from hand, intending to run it, Petrounine rose with the king! The Lecture Room for Patrick Jourdain's advanced lectures Now declarer was helpless; he ducked the trick, and the de- is the Conference room near the jewellery store. For the fence cashed their clubs, then the ace of hearts for one down. less experienced players, Klaus Reps' lectures take place in But if Petrounine had not risen with the king of diamonds, the the Internet room where the evening snacks are provided. 3-3 split in diamonds would have seen declarer home.The de- fence only get one diamond, one club and one heart, since de- clarer has to guess hearts right for fear of letting West in to play clubs through the dummy. The Schroeder Cup The Schroeder Cup, named after Dirk Schroeder who presented it, will be given to the player who performs best in the five pair games. The only rules are that it is your top three pair games that are counted, and your three qualifying perfor- mances must involve playing with partners from three different countries - and obviously none of those ses- sions can be with players from your own country, since the Camp rules forbid that!

Lars Madsen, Denmark

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A Review of the 2006 World Youth Pairs Championships

It's now four days since the finish of these great events. First, trouble to educate their young players in the etiquette and some statistics: proprieties of bridge.The food and the venue also were of a high standard. - 142 pairs played in the World Junior Pairs and 68 pairs One of the new teenagers from America last weekend won- in the World Schools Pairs. - The 105 tables, 2nd largest ever after 2001, was half the dered how he would fit in, saying that with players here such size of the 2006 World Open Pairs and also half the size of as Joe Grue, who has almost ten thousand , he the 2006 Rosenblum Teams in Verona.. Or 40% of the size of would be out of his depth. American organiser Charlotte Verona, if one includes the Women's events at Verona. Blaiss therefore arranged for Joe to meet the youngster. Joe - The percentage of female participants was 23%, possi- had a friendly chat, explaining that ten years ago at his first Ju- bly the highest ever.Total females 96 of 420, Juniors 65 of 284 nior Bridge Camp in Miami, Joe was nervous and apprehen- and Schools 31 of 136. . . sive about the whole experience, with only twelve months' - There were no appeals. bridge experience and no knowledge of the game, but going - There were 4 in the last hour of the last ses- to that Camp was one of the best things he has ever done. sion, suggesting that the four sessions each of 28 boards is The youngster was delighted that one of today's bridge stars long enough. was happy to meet him. - The youngest participants were 11 years old. Even now that he and John Kranyak are the 2005 World - 5 Zones of the WBF were represented: Europe, North Champions, Joe still comes to the Camp because he values so America, South America, Pacific Asia and South Pacific. highly the friendships made and the wonderful feeling that - The highest number of HCPs on which a 3NT game prevails. failed was 30:Typical of the spirit of the event was that the de- The best from each Zone were: clarer wanted his misery reproduced in the Bulletin. - Cecilia Rimstedt aged 17 is the youngest ever winner World Junior Pairs Championship: of the World Junior Pairs. Europe 1st Cecila Rimstedt and Sara Sivelind - Fifty percent of the medallists in the World Junior Pairs (Sweden) were females. North America 4th Josh Donn and Jason Feldman (USA) - Last but not least, this is the first time in a major mind South America 83rd Adolsfo Andres Madala (Argentina) – sport (bridge or chess) World Championship open to both Shivam Shah (England) sexes that a female pair has come first. Pacific Asia 69th Chun King Lee and Tin Yau Felix Wong (China Hong Kong) Technically, there were no hitches, not a single problem that South Pacific 25th Michael Whibley (New Zealand) and we noticed. The electronic scoring devices called Bridge- Paul Gosney (Australia) mates, which were introduced internationally in 2005, were used here in Slovakia to universal acclaim. The two person World Schools Pairs Championship scoring team of Marc van Beijsterveldt and Harvey Fox de- Europe 1st Bartlomiej Igla and Artur Machno serves special praise for handling such a large event with such (Poland) efficiency. All the Slovak local helpers should also be praised North America 8th Kevin Dwyer - Owen Lian (USA) for providing excellent help to the WBF staff, despite their Pacific Asia 51st Nabil Edgtton (Australia) - lack of experience. Luke Gardiner (New Zealand) Subsequently at the Bridge Camp, an extra option has been switched onto the Bridgemates, so that players can flick Finally, Josh Donn's 30 HCP marvel: through all the scores at all the tables on the board they have just played.This too has proved very popular. Session 3 Board 9. Dealer North E/W Vul As usual at this event, the players, press, Bulletin staff and [9 spectators were delighted by the Barometer method, in ] 4 3 2 which Boards 1-4 were played at all tables in the first half an hour, so that the progress scores after four boards and the { A K Q 7 6 frequencies and other details of each of the four boards could } K J 4 2 be seen on the overhead projector screens while boards 5-8 [ 8 6 5N [ J 7 4 2 were being played, and so on until Board 25-28. The vast ] K 10 8 6 ] J 7 5 W E amount of extra pre-dealing required for this was worth- { J 9 3 { 8 5 4 while. } 10 5 3S } A 9 7 The Bulletin Editors would like to thank Tournament Direc- [ A K Q 10 5 tors Mirek Mecik from Gdansk in Poland and Eitan Levy from Israel for their photographs of the players. ] A Q 9 The behaviour and sportsmanship of the players was of a { 10 2 very high standard. It is good that so many NBOs take the } Q 8 6

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Josh played 3NT from the North seat. East did very well to Speedball Teams Revisited find the ]5 lead, leading 3rd and 5th.At Pairs, it is necessary to finesse ]Q, because safety plays cost vital overtricks. ]6 Eldad Ginossar has managed to find a number of deals over was continued, which Josh had to win with ]A at Pairs, again the years that show Thomas Bessis in a very good light, but in case the other suits were friendly. on all previous occasions he has been playing against Thomas. Josh played a diamond to the king, on which both opponents In the Speedball Teams Eldad was stting West, and this time cleverly gave false count. It looked like diamonds weren't partnering Bessis. breaking, so he tried the three top spades. Still not confident Dealer South. Both Vul. about the diamonds, he tried a club to the king. Curtains.As [ A J 2 an encore, Josh asked us to write the hand up in the Bulletin. ] A 10 6 5 4 Alert readers will have observed that in the long run, Josh's expertise at Pairs serves him well, as he appears on the list of {8 4 best performing pairs above. And it is a tribute to his tem- } Q 7 3 perament that his partnership went on to score above aver- [ K Q 10N [ 9 8 5 3 age on the next 13 deals! ] J 8 7 ] K 3 W E { K 9 7 6 2 { Q J 5 } 8 5S } J 9 6 4 Double Dummy From Dallas [ 7 6 4 ] Q 9 2 Solution { A 10 3 Yesterday we left you in 3NT by South.You could pick } A K 10 2 the lead and best play thereafter, and had to work out West North East South the result. Ginossar T. Bessis [K 2 1} Pass 1] Pass 1NT ] K 7 6 5 4 Pass 3NT All Pass {K 9 Eldad led the {6 to the {J, ducked, and the {Q was ducked } 7 6 5 4 as well. Declarer took the third diamond and now had to de- [ 8 6 5 3N [ A 10 4 cide what was the right way to broach hearts, keeping West ] J 9 ] 10 8 3 off lead. One option is to lead low to the ]10 (protecting W E { A J 10 2 { Q 8 5 yourself against a bare honour in West) but the alternative ap- } K 9 8S } Q J 3 2 proach of leading to the ace and back to the ]Q guards [ Q J 9 7 against both honours with East. That was what declarer de- cided on, and on the lie of the cards it appears that he should ] A Q 2 have succeeded even against the lie of the cards here. But he { 7 6 4 3 had reckoned without Bessis – who unblocked the ]K under }A 10 the ]A. Declarer eventually gave up a heart to West, who Clearly declarer has no problem in setting up nine cashed out for down one. But actually South could have suc- tricks or more on a heart or spade lead. On a diamond ceeded even after Bessis' brilliancy.Assuming East to have five lead declarer plays on spades and the defence just get red-suit cards only, declarer runs four club tricks with the aid three diamonds and a spade. So West must lead a low of the finesse, and reduces to this position: club. If declarer ducks the defence switch to diamonds, [ A J 2 and declarer stands no chance. ] 10 6 So South wins the first diamond and plays on spades. If East wins the first or second spade, what can he do? {– The clubs are blocked -all you can take is two clubs and }– two aces. So East ducks twice and now declarer playas [ K QN [ 9 8 5 3 third spade, which East wins as dummy is squeezed. ]J 8 ]3 W E BUT, declarer actually has ten potential winners (five {K 9 {– hearts, three spades, a diamond and a club) so can pitch }–S }– a heart from dummy. [ 7 6 4 But now comes the de gras. East leads a low club to West's }K, and that player exits with the fourth ]Q 9 spade, squeezing dummy again - and this time it is fatal! {– If you have ever seen this form of suicide squeeze, in }– apposition where the count has not been rectified and Note that West still has to find a discard. If he pitches a where a loser is being played, then you have the advan- spade or heart declarer gets an extra trick there. So he lets tage of all the double-dummy experts on the bulletin. go a diamond winner, and now two rounds of spades West to lead hearts at trick 12.

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS PAIRS – Session 4

Rank Names Countries Total 1 Meike WORTEL Eldad GINOSSAR NED – ISR 68.39 2 Alex MORRIS Jason FELDMAN ENG – USA 62.26 3 Radu NISTOR Aarnout HELMICH ROM – NED 61.90 4 Godefroy De TESSIERES Marion MICHIELSEN OLD – NED 60.95 5 Merijn GROENENBOOM Duncan HAPPER NED – ENG 60.12 6 Joshua DONN Ben GREEN USA – ENG 59.76 7 Rutger VAN MECHELEN Gerbrand HOP BEL – NED 58.99 8 Philippe MOLINA Marios KYRANIDES FRA – CYP 58.45 9 Konstantinos DOXIADIS Katrina LOMAS GRE – IRL 57.56 10 Simon BECH Adam EDGTTON SWE – AUS 57.32 10 Eric SIEG Sidsel GOLTERMANN USA – DEN 57.32 12 Christian BRUNO Inda Hronn BJORNSDOTTIR DEN – ISL 57.08 13 Alon BIRMAN Els TOUTENEL ISR – BEL 56.96 14 Eliran ARGELAZI Benoit GUIOT ISR – BEL 56.37 15 Dror PADON Jacco HOP ISR – NED 56.31 16 Richard BOYD Alexander WILKINSON IRL – SCO 56.25 17 Micke MELANDER Moa PETERSEN OLD – SWE 56.19 18 David BANH Carole PUILLET USA – FRA 56.07 19 Mihaela BALINT Kevin DWYER ROM – USA 55.71 20 Irene BARONI Ari GREENBERG ITA – USA 55.60 20 Michael BYRNE Sara SIVELIND ENG – SWE 55.60 22 Andrea PAGANI Thomas BESSIS OLD – FRA 55.42 23 Vincent NAB Jessie CARBONNEAUX NED – FRA 55.36 24 Sofia RYMAN Robin FELLUS SWE – ITA 55.18 24 Daniel LAVEE Aldo PAPARO CAN – ITA 55.18 26 Yuval YENER Victor CHUBUKOV ISR – USA 54.70 27 Lars Moller SORENSEN Marten WORTEL DEN – NED 54.58 28 Robert BRADY Paul GOSNEY USA – AUS 54.52 29 Troels KRISTENSEN Michael WHIBLEY DEN – NZL 54.40 29 Vincent BROERSEN Bence BOZZAI NED – HUN 54.40 31 Yannick VALO Maria WUERMSEER FRA – GER 54.35 32 Bob DRIJVER Eric ARVIDSSON NED – SWE 53.81 33 Wai Wa Victor LAU Monika BARONAITE ENG – LTU 53.39 34 Rosalien BARENDREGT Joe GRUE NED – USA 52.62 35 Klaus REPS Sveinn Runar EIRIKSSON OLD – OLD 52.56 36 Steve DE ROOS Nicholas RODWELL BEL – AUS 52.38 37 Joseph MELA Rens PHILIPSEN ENG – NED 52.08 38 Alexander SMIRNOV Athanasios DARKADAKIS GER – GRE 51.79 38 Lars TOFTE Catalin-Lucian LAZAR DEN – ROM 51.79 40 Bas van BEIJSTERVELDT Vincent VIDALAT NED – FRA 51.31 41 Olivier BESSIS Yotam BAR-YOSSEF FRA – ISR 51.19 41 Camilla PAOLINI Ruth CONNOLLY ITA – IRL 51.19 43 Stuart HARING Eyal BEN-ZVI ENG – ISR 51.07 44 Lars Kirkegaard NIELSEN Susan STOCKDALE DEN – ENG 51.01 45 Johan FASTENAKELS Antonio BORZI BEL – ITA 50.54 46 Andrew DUBAY David ANCELIN USA – FRA 49.82 47 Gudjon HAUKSSON Angela COLLURA ISL – USA 49.58 48 Emma SJOBERG Matias ROHRBERG SWE – DEN 48.81 49 Eric MAYEFSKY Dan ISRAELI USA – ISR 48.27 50 Robert LUKOTKA Magdalena TICHA SVK – CZE 47.86 51 Owen LIEN Pierre FRANCESCHETTI USA – FRA 47.80 52 Bronagh CONSIDINE Andrew SINCLAIR IRL – SCO 47.74 53 Ian W B JONES Oscar COHEN IRL – FRA 47.14 54 Emil JEPSEN Luke GARDINER DEN – NZL 46.73 55 George TRIGEORGIS Simon POULAT USA – FRA 46.13 56 Joachim LARSEN Argenta PRICE DEN – USA 45.65 57 Martin HRINAK Arturas KUPRIJANAS SVK – LTU 45.24 58 Magnus MELIN Christina SIKIOTI SWE – GRE 45.00 58 Dan RECHT Lea Troels MOLLER PEDERSEN USA – DEN 45.00 60 Bjorn SORLING Jennifer LIN SWE – USA 44.40 61 Wayne SOMERVILLE Ellert Smari KRISTBERGSSON IRL – ISL 44.35 62 Marion CANONNE Rawad HADAD FRA – SWE 43.75 63 Nabil EDGTTON Erwin LIEKENS AUS – BEL 42.32 64 Kornel LAZAR Quentin LEVOY HUN – FRA 42.20 65 Eleni VATSOLAKI Katarina TICHA GRE – CZE 41.31 66 Mads KROGSGAARD Mirto ATHANASATOU DEN – GRE 41.25 67 Hrefna JONSDOTTIR Karl ASPLUND ISL – SWE 40.83 68 Timothee BOEKHORST Adam FINNSON FRA – ISL 40.30 69 Olafur HANNESSON Andrew LUKE ISL – USA 40.00 70 Thomas TROMHOLT Aurelio MAUGERI DEN – ITA 39.11 71 Dennis BILDE Gabriel GISLASON DEN – ISL 37.26 72 Matthew STAHLMAN Rytis POSOCHOVAS USA – LTU 36.85 73 James CORRY Charles TAM IRL – USA 35.71 74 Kerri NASH Matt CORY IRL – USA 35.42 75 David SYNNOTT Arthur COHEN IRL – FRA 34.52 75 Martin Brorholt SORENSEN Grimur KRISTINSSON DEN – ISL 34.52 77 Stanislav MIKLIK Gintare MALISAUSKAITE SVK – LTU 34.40 78 Aymeric LEBATTEUX Dominik GOERTZEN FRA – GER 30.71

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WORLD BRIDGE FEDERATION 2006 WBF YOUTH AWARD NOMINATION FORM

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